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On day 50, it got all crazy
Tomorrow is Pentecost Sunday. Why? Well, here is the story. When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from...
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The day tribal ended
Tomorrow, people around the world will celebrate a very unusual happening on a Jewish festival some 2000 years ago. Read the account here. But let’s back up a bit. One can read the Old Testament as the...
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Slow motion Pentecost
This coming Sunday is Pentecost Sunday. It commemorates something strange that happened at the Jewish festival of Pentecost two millennia ago. The Holy Spirit took control of everyone, and they began...
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Babel, Pentecost and today
Pentecost is this coming Sunday. So my blog this week is about Pentecost and where it fits in the Bible’s narrative about language. The Bible is one story. It’s connected. One of those connections...
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Pentecost language
Depiction of Pentecost on cathedral ceiling The Bible continues to surprise me. By that, I mean that I see new things in passages that I know well, especially the narratives. Not long ago, I saw...
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